Terraferma is a 2011 Italian drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Emanuele Crialese

Emanuele Crialese

Emanuele Crialese is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome. He studied filmmaking in New York City...

. The film premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival

68th Venice International Film Festival

The 68th annual Venice Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, took place from 31 August to 10 September 2011. American film director Darren Aronofsky was announced as the Head of the Jury. American actor and film director Al Pacino was presented with the Glory to the Film-maker award on 4 September,...

. The film has been selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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 at the 84th Academy Awards

84th Academy Awards

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Cast

• Filippo Pucillo as Filippo
• Donatella Finocchiaro
  Donatella Finocchiaro
  Donatella Finocchiaro is an Italian actress. She has appeared in over 20 films since 2002. She starred in The Wedding Director, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival....
  
   as Giulietta
• Mimmo Cuticchio as Ernesto
• Giuseppe Fiorello
  Giuseppe Fiorello
  Giuseppe Fiorello, also known as Beppe Fiorello or Fiorellino , is an Italian actor of the cinema and television. He usually performs in the starring roles, and has been described as the "number one in Italian fiction"....
  
   as Nino
• Timnit T. as Sara
• Claudio Santamaria
  Claudio Santamaria
  Claudio Santamaria is an Italian actor best known for portraying the terrorist Carlos in Casino Royale 2006....
  
   as Santamaria

Production

The film was produced through Italy's Cattleya with 10% co-production support from France, including 200,000 euro from France 2 Cinéma

France 2

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 and money from the CNC. The total budget was 7.85 million euro.

Release

The film premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival

68th Venice International Film Festival

The 68th annual Venice Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, took place from 31 August to 10 September 2011. American film director Darren Aronofsky was announced as the Head of the Jury. American actor and film director Al Pacino was presented with the Glory to the Film-maker award on 4 September,...

 where it was screened in competition. It won the Special Jury Prize

Special Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)

The Special Jury Prize is an award given at the Venice Film Festival. It is awarded to one or two films per year and is considered less prestigious than the main award, the Golden Lion.-Awards:*1951 A Streetcar Named Desire by Elia Kazan...

 at the Venice Film Festival the equivalent of third place. It was released in Italy on 7 September 2011 through 01 Distribution.

See also

• List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film